King James Version

Romans 4:12

And the father of circumcision to them who are not of the circumcision only, but who also walk in the steps of that faith of our father Abraham, which he had being yet uncircumcised.

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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “the” (τῇ) before uncircumcision here.

καὶkaiAndκαίconjunction — “And”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.Andπατέραpaterafatherπατήρ (patēr)noun, accusative, singular, masculine — “father”, the object formG3962father, (Heavenly) Father, ancestor, elder, senior.This verse uses “father”.the fatherπεριτομῆςperitomēsof circumcisionπεριτομή (peritomē)noun, genitive, singular, feminine — “of circumcision”, the of-formG4061circumcision.of circumcisionτοῖςtoistheὁ (ho)article, dative, plural, masculine — “the”, the to- or for-formG3588the, the definite article.οὐκoukto them who are notοὐ (ou)adverb — “to them who are not”G3756no, not.to them who are notἐκekofἐκpreposition — “of”G1537from out, out from among, from, suggesting from the interior outwards.ofπεριτομῆςperitomēscircumcisionπεριτομή (peritomē)noun, genitive, singular, feminine — “circumcision”, the of-formG4061circumcision.the circumcisionμόνονmononaloneμόνος (monos)adjective, accusative, singular, neuter — “alone”, the object formG3441only, solitary, desolate.ἀλλὰallabutἀλλάconjunction — “but”G235but, except, however.This verse uses “but”.butκαὶkaiwho alsoκαίadverb — “who also”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “also”.who alsoτοῖςtoistheὁ (ho)article, dative, plural, masculine — “the”, the to- or for-formG3588the, the definite article.στοιχοῦσινstoichousinwalkστοιχέω (stoicheō)verb, present active participle, dative, plural, masculine — “walk”, an ongoing or repeated actionG4748I walk in, walk by.walkτοῖςtoistheὁ (ho)article, dative, plural, neuter — “the”, the to- or for-formG3588the, the definite article.ἴχνεσινichnesinin the stepsἴχνος (ichnos)noun, dative, plural, neuter — “in the steps”, the to- or for-formG2487a track, footstep.in the stepsτῆςtēstheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, feminine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.ἐνenwhich he had beingἐνpreposition — “which he had being”G1722in, on, among.which he had beingἀκροβυστίᾳakrobustiayet uncircumcisedἀκροβυστίαnoun, dative, singular, feminine — “yet uncircumcised”, the to- or for-formG203(a technical word of Jewish use) foreskin, prepuce: used sometimes as a slang term by Jews, of Gentiles.yet uncircumcisedπίστεωςpisteōsfaithπίστις (pistis)noun, genitive, singular, feminine — “faith”, the of-formG4102faith, belief, trust, confidence; fidelity, faithfulness.This verse uses “faith”.τοῦtoutheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, masculine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.πατρὸςpatrosfatherπατήρ (patēr)noun, genitive, singular, masculine — “father”, the of-formG3962father, (Heavenly) Father, ancestor, elder, senior.This verse uses “father”.ἡμῶνhēmōnIἐγώ (egṓ)personal pronoun, genitive, plural — “I”, the of-formG1473I, the first-person pronoun.Strong’s files this form under G3165 (μέ).ἈβραάμabraamAbrahamἈβραάμnoun, genitive, singular, masculine — “Abraham”, the of-formG11Abraham, progenitor of the Hebrew race.

Textus Receptus Words Not in the SBL Text

τῇtētheὁ (ho)article, dative, singular, feminine — “the”, the to- or for-formG3588the, the definite article.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

and father of circumcision to those not of circumcision only, but who also walk in the steps of the faith, that [is] in the uncircumcision of our father Abraham.

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American Standard Version (1901)

and the father of circumcision to them who not only are of the circumcision, but who also walk in the steps of that faith of our father Abraham which he had in uncircumcision.

Young’s Literal Translation

and father of circumcision to those not of circumcision only, but who also walk in the steps of the faith, that [is] in the uncircumcision of our father Abraham.

World English Bible

He is the father of circumcision to those who not only are of the circumcision, but who also walk in the steps of that faith of our father Abraham, which he had in uncircumcision.

Darby Translation

and father of circumcision, not only to those who are of [the] circumcision, but to those also who walk in the steps of the faith, during uncircumcision, of our father Abraham.

Douay-Rheims

And might be the father of circumcision; not to them only, that are of the circumcision, but to them also that follow the steps of the faithful, that is in the uncircumcision of our father Abraham.

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